The 2022 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pac-12 Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by twelfth-year head coach David Shaw, the Cardinal was 3âÂÂ9 (1âÂÂ8 in Pac-12, eleventh) and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.
E. J. Smith, son of all-time leading rusher in National Football League (NFL) history, Emmitt Smith, was the team's top running back.
It was Stanford's second straight season at 3âÂÂ9; just over an hour after the season finale, a home loss to BYU on November 26, Shaw resigned effective immediately. Two weeks later, he was succeeded by Troy Taylor, the head coach at Sacramento State.
Stanford had five players selected in the 2023 NFL draft.